Fastening device.



R. E. LAYMAN & J. A. BOUTHILLIER.

FASTENING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 20, 1908 931.131 Patented Aug. 17,1909

wamum A 41/2 wmz/z D JOSEPH ALPHIDA BOUTHELLIER, 0F HOWA RD, RHODE ISLAND.

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h i l 'wf'umi may concern:

'11 that m1, Km i. LAIMAJ and Bournn m. CIUZGXB of the nod. Suites 1' 10.121 1; Hthvard, in the whiny of Providence rind 55mm. of Rhode 1.1 {l :7 11 mm and useful Lnowmoni in u ling Device, of which i 1o foiiowing L \ihco, .on.

This Invention relates to a spring fastening; dono adapted to engage a. button of any he kind and i siawncd especially for :15 a fastener :50! i101 hl-Lanhei s. Aho invention cons two ohlstic loops but sip cod apart at 011 5 in making-11ml having their mh zptod "Lo ho brought illilfl registry or, 5mm hm s being pos od over wii free end porso that tho button "i '1 oow. l00b at no time. I

tho accompany s drawings:-Figuro i k- -Jid0 elevation moving the practical umahoviion of the d i'ico to a blanket. Fig. ve ViOW of the device. 1 side elovaiion showing m 153151 to 11161) of? hon . i which ii p 3 is 5 3%; shown in he L 'ziwings the device can he oonsir tea from single pieco of wire. and in mshruoi'hig (he fastens is bent i itself forming :1 LL bow poi'tiohzmd ii mom-hot haying loops, mi Eoops Iaxbeuted. Aug. 117, 1309.

two sides. iho how 1% {Lion forms the connecting cross hm 3 and one of the side memis curved inwardly and then bent batch 11 mil itself to form the ioop-"i, the free and of 'tho member being bent to form an eye P which eye engages the side member which Said ioop is formed adjacent the how por- Lion or cross piece (5. The other side member is passed through the loop 4 and then bent in the same Way being secured to itself by bending its fioo end into an eye 5";

By fonning the device in. one piece ican he made more cheaply than by foi'i'ning the ioops swan-Mei then connecting them by a. third piece, ZLZJLOUL rho Fklflii? ii this con QLYUCCiUH and tho i dis obtained would be substantiaiiy 11 11. be obvious that when formed of spi Wire the loops i and will be elastic in that they WU always tend to ho id their onto: side members parallel to each other. and when the free end portions of said loops are bent so thatv they ovorhap oi rogiste and are chem povw' sed over the head of the button they will when i'eieased spring back to their normal position oi' near to said position the Gimme/(oiof he button shank will perish.

liming thus fully described our invenion, what WU claim as new and desire to (home h'v Loiku 1 Patent A. hhinhoit stoning device. con'ipi'ising a simyknfl n fish-oped wire frame having its how portion orgugod by said strap, tho sido ha of Ni fi'mno being he 1 incl; upon illllriQiW, iherohy Forming :nt'm'loc Ling.

R0? ELEIZUE LAY-HAN, 365E111 ALPHlh/i BGUTHILLIER.

Witnesses 1V ILMAM G. 63mm, JA D. WATsoN. 

